Combination barbecur iron and grate



- A. H. FROOM.

COMBINATION BARBECUE IRON AND GRATE.

APPLICAT|ON FILED Aue. 5. 1920.

Patented J u'ly 12, 1921-.

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citizeirof the United States, and resident of Santa 'Maria, in the State of California; have invented. a new and-useful Combination BarbecueIr'on and Grate, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a combination barbecue iron and cooking grate, and is particu- 1 larly adapted for use in camping or where it is desirous of cooking meat or other edibles over an open fire. In the cooking of meat it is essential that the meat be turned often so as to keep the juices within the meat, z. 6., as soon as the action of the fire upon the meat is such that the juices begin p to drip, the meat should be turned so' that the opposite side thereof is presented to the action of the heat, thus causing the juices to run back into the meat. Th1s action results in a meat well cooked and very palatable.

In cooking certain vegetables it is also neccessar to present the various sides to the heat, an it is the principal object of this invention to so construct a device that the same may be mani ulated so as to present all sides of the edlbles cooking thereon to the action of the heat.

Another object is to construct a device of this nature that the same may be raised or lowered to take advantage of the various stages of the heat of the fire.

nother object is to construct a barbe'cue iron which may also be employed as a upon which pots and pans may be laced and be so held over the fire at any esired distance therefrom. I

Another object is to construct a device of this character which will be cheap to manufacture.

Another object is to produce a. barbecue iron which may be folded to facilitate easy trans ortation.

Ot er objects and advantages will be seen as the description proceeds.

I donot wish to confine myself to the specific form of combined barbecue iron and grate as shown, as other modlfications may be made of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved barbecue iron and grate as it would appear in use.

grate without departing from the spirit- Fi 2 is a, top plan view ait i 1":v V. Fig. 3 is a. detailview, partly insectio'n', of the supporting slide. Y

"-Fig. 4 1s a perspective view of thesup ,,"%.'i 7 "M I Referring to the drawings in detail: The numeral 5 refers to a post which is adapted to be driven into the ground for which purpose a sharp point 13 provided as shown in otted lines at 6. It is obvious that the same should be made of a fire resisting material such as metal. a

At 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12 I have shown perforations extending through the post 5.

These perforations are adapted to receive a in 12 carried upon a suitable slide 14, which slide is ada ted to move upon the post 5 and is provi ed, as shown at 16, with a spring WlllCll has its free end bearing against the 0st 5 for the purpose of normally retaining the pin 12 within one of the perforations as at 7. (See Fig. '3)

A bracket is formed integral with the slide 14 and is indicated by the numeral 17. This bracket is also shaped so as to prevent], the turning of a member, to be later described, and adapted to be held by said bracket. A slot 18 is formed in one side of same, the purpose of which will be later seen.

The numeral 19 refers to the barbecue iron or grate proper, and is provided with tines 21, upon which pieces of meat or other commodities may be aflixed. This iron is supported by a rod 22 extending rearwardly therefrom, and provided with a square portion 23 which is adapted to fit the interior of the bracket 17 as before mentioned. The size of the rod 22 is such that it may be passed through the slot 18 for the purpose of engaging or disengaging these parts, one from the other.

An extension handle is provided as indicated by the numerals 24; and 26, which .is secured to the rod 22 as shown at 27. The operation is as follows:

' The device is set up as shown at Fig. 1 and, assuming that meat is to be cooked first, the same will be placed upon the tines by passing the tines therethrough', and the slide 14 will be adjusted as best suits th erator. This disengages the. square part 23 from the bracket 17 as shown in Fig. 9,

after which the whole iron ma be turned as the roundpart of ;the rod rest in the bracket 17 Aftert square portion 23 is/again enga e in the bracket and the opposite side of t e meat is then presented to the heat.

Should it be desired to use the iron as a grate, this can be done by'low ering the slide 14, which 'will bring the tines close to the fire,at which time pots and pans may be placed thereon. I

Thus, it will be seen that I have produced a device which will serve all the purposes of both a barbecue iron and a g'rate, which will then mg, the,

said slide, a barbecue iron with a handle thereon beingof partly angular and partly round cross-section and adapted to. bet-sen, lectively either rigidly or rotatably u ported in, said slot.

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